Tender frame



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Patented June 23, 1931 UNITED STATES E AT NT OFFICE CLARENCE IB. HARBISON, or LIMA, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO OHIO STEEL nonnnniv cola,-

PANY, on LIMA, I-1IO,A CORPORATION on OHIO e TENDER FRAME Application filed July 11,

This invention relates to improvements in car frames, and more particularly to locomotive'tender frames, and has for its principal object to provide an improved main frame formed in a single casting of the single center sill type having as an integral portionthereof, a transverse supporting member adjacent one or both of the bumper bars to provide a support for the end of the tank throughout its entire width.

More specifically, this invention constitutes an improvement over the type of tender frame broadly disclosed in Patent No. 1,659,361 issued to me on February 14, 1928, in that it provides positive support for the superimposed tank throughout its entire width at a point adjacent'one or both of the end frame members, together with means for securing flooring board strips which are normally interposed between the tank and its frame.

The invention may best be understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which 1 Figure 1 is a plan view showing one end of the tender frame structure, in accordance with my invention; and

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the portion of frame shown in Figure 1.

Referring now to details shown in the drawings, the tender frame illustrated comprises a centrally disposed longitudinal beam 10, bolster 11 and an end bumper member 12. A pair of diagonal braces 14, 14, also joins the end bumper member 12 to the longitudinal beam, as shown. All of the parts above mentioned are preferably formed in a single piece casting as shown, the main beam and bolster 11 being generally a hollow box-like structure, as clearly shown in Figure 2. The bolster 11 is provided with bearing aperture 15 adapted to receive the central bearing pin of the truck in the usual manner. I

As heretofore constructed, the superimposed tank is supported wholly upon and. anchored to thev main beam 10 and bolster 11, the end member 12 being used only as a bumper and as a support for fastening the steps of the car. The tank is mounted di 1928. Serial No. 291,719.

rectly upon flooring boards di p longi'i'l tudinally of the main beam 10 and across the bolster 11, as in the preferred'construc tion disclosed in my patent above referred to, the longitudinal floorboards (not shown) are held from transverse shifting movement by means of a plurality-of interlocking strips 16 formed integrally along the upper surface of the main beam, and adapted to have interlocking engagement with thefioor boards laid thereover.

In the present invention, it will be ob served that'I provide an additional support for the ends of the tank, including a shelf 17 formed integralwith, and just behind, the bumper member 121 Said shelf is provided with a furring strip 18 arranged transversely .thereof which has interlocking engagement with the under surface of a supporting fioor board 19 upon which the tender frame is adapted to-be supported throughout its entire width. The shelf 17 also permits the tank to be anchored directly thereto in any suitable manner for its full width, thereby providinga morestable construction requiring less interior strengthening of the tank than heretofore required in constructions of this character.

The improved shelf 17, herein shown as applied to one end of the tender frame, may

be provided at both ends, or only one end,

if desired.

Although I have shown and describedone form in which myinvention may be embed ied, itwill be understood that I do not Wish to be limited to the exact construction shown and described, but thatvarious changes and modifications may be .made without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

I claim as my invention: 7 v V 1. In combination with a tank, a single piece tender frame casting comprising a longitudinally disposed main beam, bolsters, and an end frame. member including a transversely disposed tank supporting portionextending substantially the width of said tank, said main beam, bolsters and end frame member affording the sole support for a tank. 7

2. In combination with a tank, a single piece tender frame casting comprising a longitudinally disposed main beam, bolsters, and an end bumper member having an inwardly extending tank supporting portion extending substantially the width of said tank, said main frame, bolsterers and tank supporting portion affording-the sole sup-V port for a tank.

3. In a car or tender, a main frame comprising a longitudinally disp0sed-1nai1r beam, bolsters, and an end frame member all formed in a single piece casting, a plurality of interlocking strips formed integrally along the upper surface of said main beam and adapted to have interlocking engagement with the floor boards laidthereover, and another stripdisposed along said end frame member and adapted to have interlocking engagement with a floor board 7 disposed transversely of said main beam.

4:. In combination with a tank, a single piece tender frame casting comprising a longltudinally dlsposed 11121111 beam, bolsters,

and an; end bumper member having an in wardly extending tank supporting portion extending, substantially the width of said tank, and a floor board disposed longitudinally of said end tank supporting portion, and having interlocking V engagement with the upper surface of, said portion.

Signed at Lima, ohm this 6th day of July 1928. .7 i CLARENCE B. HARBISON. 

